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unusual facts about Wyck


WYCK

For the National Historic Landmark museum mansion in Philadelphia, see Wyck House.


Bridgewater, Connecticut

With the death of town resident Van Wyck Brooks, a biographer and critic, a "Van Wyck Brooks Memorial Fund was set up to raise money for a library wing in his name.

George Woodward Greene

Greene presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1869, to February 17, 1870, when he was succeeded by Charles H. Van Wyck, who contested his election.

JFK Expressway

In 1961, when the Van Wyck Expressway (Interstate 678) opened, it was the only expressway to the airport.

The northbound direction has an exit that provides access to the I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) that also provides access to long-term parking, rental car returns, as well as return access to the terminals.

Robert Anderson Van Wyck

The son of William Van Wyck and his wife, he had a brother Augustus and sister Lydia Van Wyck.

United States House Select Committee on Government Contracts

The rest of the committee returned to New York, and after receiving testimony and evidence from the custom-house in its own defense, ordered the testimony taken by Mr. Van Wyck to be deposited with the Clerk of the House "subject only to the inspection of any member of the committee."

Vicus

Wych naturally became one of the most widely occurring common placename elements e.g. Wick, Wyck, Hackney Wick, Gatwick, Exwick, Wickham, Aldwych, Dulwich, Ipswich, Norwich, and indirectly York, from Eoforwic via Old Norse Jorvik.

William W. Van Wyck

Van Wyck was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 17th and 18th United States Congresses, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 4, 1825.


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